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I imagine it's likely that the most vulnerable parts of the population that were easily accessible (easily accessible isn't even saying much, since let's face i
by gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
I imagine it's likely that the most vulnerable parts of the population that were easily accessible (easily accessible isn't even saying much, since let's face it - it seems not many countries have been able to prevent the virus from reaching nursing homes) by the virus have died.
- salmon30salmon 6y agoThat is a main reason in my mind. The virus burned through the easy to infect really quickly. There is also something to be said for the evolutionary benefits of being less deadly, as a virus.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoI'm interested in the excess mortality that ends up accumulating at the end of the year, would be interesting to see if a large chunk of the pandemic ended up being like the reaper coming a few months early for the most elderly and vulnerable.
- redis_mlc 6y agoThere was an oped piece on cnn.com from a boomer. He actually said that lockdown should be continued at any cost just to save people his age - "I don't want to be culled." That explains some of the inability to develop a coherent policy.